Can the Red Ring of Death affect my new Slim 360?

There's no doubt about it, the Xbox 360 is still an awesome
games console despite having so many unreliability issues over the years. Even
though it's almost 6 years old, the games still look and play amazing and it still
gives a newish gaming PC a run for its money. Since its launch it hasn't been
without its problems though and I'm sure if you’re a gamer you will have heard
of the red ring of death. Many technicians who have had to fix RRoD before will
tell you that 90% of the 360's general hardware faults(3 Red Lights) happen
because of overheating and it seems to be the most likely case.

Last year Microsoft released the Xbox slim and it still
might have the odd problems here and there however the fail rate on these are
much lower than any of the other previous Xbox designs. They have also taken
out the red lights which will display an error in the circle of light around
the power button. So how do you know if the Xbox 360 slim is having problems?
The power light in the centre of the ring will glow red and gamers have already
given this nickname the red dot of death!

Most gamers shouldn’t have to worry as much though about the
Red Dot of Death as Microsoft completely redesigned the Xbox from the ground up
and this time round it's looking more likely that they have nipped it once and
for all. There will still be the odd one that will fail and need some kind of
RRoD fix or RDoD fix but that's just the general way things go for most
electrical goods.

Unfortunately for Microsoft though, these mishaps will get
bad press just because of the history with problems from the earlier designs.
There has been similar stories about Kinect which has apparently triggered some
older Xbox 360’s to fail but after checking out many Xbox related forums and Blogsites
it’s looking more likely to be coincidental.

As for the Xbox Slim they now use more advanced processors
and chipsets that are better for dealing with heat. It features a better
cooling system that can draw the heat and a completely new design of motherboard.
The other thing is that if it was to overheat it will display a warning message
on screen and shut itself off before any damage is caused.

These features alone should manage to significantly reduce
the fail rate. I have happened tofix RRoD many times before for plenty of
people locally and I haven't heard anything from anybody about issues with the
Xbox slim, most people tell me they don’t have any issues at all. The only
people I have heard giving it a hard time is the few unfortunate people on Youtube
and all the Microsoft haters who love to give them hell at the first moment of
opportunity.

If you have experienced errors on your Xbox 360, i find this forum really useful at xbox-scene